One of the main reasons for having a Blog is to receive feedback on your content through comments, It is my opinion that if your site does not allow comments, your blog is not a blog it’s just a website.
A one way conversation that consists only of the publisher of the content.
Have you ever had one of those conversations where you just can’t seem to get a word in, no matter how much you try to respond with the person your engaged with, they just don’t stop talking long enough for you to present your opinion, well your blog is no different.
If your blog isn’t receiving comments then what your telling your readers is, all your interested in is what you have to say and don’t care to much for the opinions and thought’s of them.
That being said, This tutorial will show you how to set up your Comments Settings in Wordpress.
After logging into your Wordpress site, click on the Discussion link under the Settings tab to get started.
The Discussion Settings page is basically in two sections, the top half being the Comments Settings section and the bottom being the Avatars section.
I have included in the image below the settings I use when setting up a blog, you may want to use different settings for your site, but I will explain why I use each of these settings below the image.
Default article settings – I almost always un-check anything that will slow down posting, usually If I want to notify another blog that I have linked to it I will use the trackback feature when writing a post.
Allowing Trackbacks and Comments by checking the associated check box’s will allow your readers to participate in the conversation of your blog, trackbacks are basically other articles that link to your article from another blog.
Other comment settings – The only two options I have checked are the Comment author must fill out name and e-mail and the Enable threaded (nested) comments options.
I like to choose the maximum of 10 for threaded comments but depending on your theme you may want to see how this looks, but by enabling this option your visitors can have comments within comments so the conversation stays relevant to the original comment.
E-mail me whenever - I leave both of these options checked so I can be notified of any comments made on my site.
Before a comment appears - This may be an option you want to try testing, currently my blog doesn’t get a lot of comments so it’s not an issue for me to approve every comment, but when a site starts getting 10 20 or 50+ comments per post then approving each comment may become a real drain on your time.
If your regular visitors are proven to post good Quality comments, you may want to automatically approve and allow there comments to publish without having to approve them individually.
Comment Moderation and Comment Blacklist - I usually leave these alone and let Akismet take care of Spam comments, There may be a couple of comments that get through, but on average Akismet is very good at filtering comment Spam on my sites.
In the second half of the Comments Settings page, which is the Avatars section I usually leave the default settings alone. More details below the image.
Avatar Display – In this section you can decide whether or not you want to display avatars next to your comments, I always check the Show Avatars option.
Maximum Rating – By default the maximum rating is set as G, I leave this as is. I like to keep the content on my site suitable for all ages.
Default Avatar – This will be what gets displayed if the commenter doesn’t have a Globally Recognized Avatar (GRAVATAR) set up, the two most popular settings I see on most blogs are Mystery Man and Blank.
If you don’t already have a Gravatar, read my post titled How To Show A Gravatar On Your Comments
Once you have configured your Comment Settings click on the Save Changes button and your done.
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